Alonsa Guevara

Alonsa Guevara (born 1986)[1] is a Chilean contemporary realist oil painter[2] living and working in New York City. Her paintings are a depiction of imaginary worlds that mix fantastical and believable traits.

Alonsa Guevara
BornDecember 13, 1986
Rancagua, Chile
EducationNew York Academy of Art, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Known forPainting

Biography

Alonsa Guevara Aliaga was born in Rancagua, Chile[3] and grew up for 7 years in the Ecuadorean jungle,[4] before moving to the United States in 2011. She began making art at the age of 12.[5] She studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and for a Masters at the New York Academy of Art, before being awarded their Fellowship in 2015.[6] She lives in New York City, where her work has been featured by publications such as VICE,[4] Business Insider[7] and TimeOut.[8]

Style & themes
Brother's Ceremony and Camila's Ceremony (2016)

Guevara's early works focused on constructions of invented worlds containing characters in the form of female fashion models, represented as crumpled paper,[9] the intricate structures of fruit, representing "desire, fecundity, and fertility",[7] and included homages to other female artists such as Judy Chicago.[10] Her current works juxtapose tropical fruits and mostly female nudes to represent life-cycles, the connection between humankind,[11] nature and spiritual themes.[1]

Exhibitions
  • 2018, Anna Zorina Gallery "Espíritu"[1]
  • 2018, Cheng Xi Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China [12]
  • 2016, Anna Zorina Gallery "Ceremonies" [11]
  • 2016, Fort Works Art "Duets" [13]
  • 2015, Mark Miller Gallery[8]
  • 2015, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC [14]
  • 2013, Expressiones Cultural Center, New London CT "Fugitivas" [9]

Awards & residencies

References
  1. "Alonsa Guevara Espiritu" (PDF). AnnaZorinaGallery.com. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  2. "Art Zealous' 30 Under 30-ish: Part 1". ArtZealous. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  3. "Alonsa Guevara's Lush Oil Paintings Offer Imaginary Rites". HiFructose. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  4. "These Fruit-Filled Paintings Are Ripe (in More Ways Than One)". VICE. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  5. "DUETS: A Comparison of Realities at Fort Works Art". ArtNewsDFW. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  6. "Alonsa Guevara: Desire and Painting The Paradoxes of Life". Created. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  7. "Artist who lived in a rainforest for 7 years paints incredibly realistic fruit portraits". BusinessInsider. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  8. "See photos of Alonsa Guevara's lush, magical paintings". TimeOut. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  9. "Alonsa Guevara shows a new brand of beauty". TheDay. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  10. "Alonsa Guevara - Three Women" (PDF). AnnaZorinaGallery.com. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  11. "Alonsa Guevara Aliaga - Bio". AlonsaGuevara.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  12. "Beyond Figuration | Group Exhibition at Chengxi Contemporary Art Center, China". VisualArtists.ie. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  13. "Take a Peek at One of Fort Worth's Newest Art Galleries". FWTX.com. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  14. "Showcase Collection of Small Works at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, co-curated by Island Weiss Gallery and Diana Corvelle". IslandWeiss. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  15. "Fellowships". NYAA.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.